Congress Might Pass an Actually Good Privacy Bill
Credit to Author: Gilad Edelman| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000
A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law.
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The DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking Data
Credit to Author: Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:00:00 +0000
The ACLU released a trove of documents showing how Homeland Security contracted with surveillance companies to scour location information.
Read MoreThe Most Popular Period-Tracking Apps, Ranked by Data Privacy
Credit to Author: Kristen Poli| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Under increased scrutiny, certain period-tracking apps are seeing a surge of new users. Which are as safe as they claim to be?
Read MoreInstagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:40:13 +0000
Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform.
Read MoreWill new EU crypto rules change how ransomware is played?
Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 05:55:00 -0700
Cryptocurrency has always been the payment method of choice for bad guys. Get hit with an enterprise ransomware attack and plan to pay? You’ll need crypto. The key reason cyberthieves love cryptocurrency so much is that it is far harder to trace payments.
That is why a move being attempted by the European Union has so much potential. The EU — in a move that will likely be mimicked by many other regional regulatory forces, including in the United States — is putting in place tracking requirements for all cryptocurrency.
If it is successful, and the EU has an excellent track record on precisely these kinds of changes, cryptocurrency may quickly fade as the thief’s payment of choice.
How to stay smart about Android app permissions
Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0700
When it comes to Android and privacy, we’re accustomed to seeing things move in a certain direction.
It’s simple, really: With each new Android version, it usually gets easier to manage your privacy and understand how your information is being used. And we typically get more front-facing tools and under-the-hood improvements that allow us to handle that stuff intelligently. Obviously, right?
Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read MoreWith a light July Patch Tuesday, it's time to invest in your IT processes
Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:04:00 -0700
Though we get a reprieve from Exchange updates in this month’s Patch Tuesday update, more printer updates are on the way. Even with no updates for Microsoft Exchange or Visual Studio, Adobe is back with 15 critical updates for Adobe Reader. And Microsoft’s new patch deployment tool Auto-Patch is now live. (I always thought application testing was the main problem here, but actually getting patches deployed is still tough.)
Though the numbers are still quite high (with 86+ reported vulnerabilities), the testing and deployment profile for July should be fairly moderate. We suggest taking the time to harden your Exchange Server defenses and mitigation processes, and invest in your testing processes.